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Irish Newfoundlanders

I'm puzzled by your actions at Irish Newfoundlanders which is on my watchlist. Take the sentence "As early as 1536, the ship Mighel (Michael) of Kinsale is recorded returning to her home port in Co. Cork with consignments of Newfoundland fish and cod liver oil" which appears in the 24 April 2005‎ creation of the article and also in this archived site. In Brian McGinn's article Newfoundland: The Most Irish Place Outside of Ireland, the sentence has a reference with a lengthy comment. Surely this didn't come from the unreferenced Wikipedia article? In fact I see that Brian McGill's article is given as an external link. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:16, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Is this currently in the article? I looked for such text and haven't been able to find anything. Sennecaster (Chat) 19:23, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

(ping Cwmhiraeth) I don't usually look at historical copyright violations unless it is part of CCI due to the diff sorting. I think that was edited out between the creation and now, and a history purge is certainly not in order since the history exceeds 250 revisions. Sennecaster (Chat) 19:25, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

It was your edit summary that drew my attention, but the article does seem alright now, and I guess I will take it off my watchlist. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:24, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Ohhh I see. I restored the non-infringing content (the reason why it's +21k) and removed the copyvio in one go, so the edit looks different than a normal copyvio removal. :) Sennecaster (Chat) 21:50, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Pages worth patrolling

In case you didn't know this, pages on protests and military conflicts that get major mainstream media attention tend to get quite a bit of 1-2 sentence copyright violations, often slightly paraphrased, especially in 'timeline' and 'reactions' sections, and generally nobody makes the effort to label these as copyvios or ask for help from copyright clerks. Either other editors don't notice, despite the added text sounding "newsy" and written independently of the surrounding context, or they notice but don't have the time (my case) or knowledge for copyvio labelling; in many cases they edit the copyvio'd text so it becomes more natural. Even after media attention lowers, these are still high risk cases. It might be worth it to think of some sort of bot help for these. The copyviolating editors (usually, but not always, IP editors) usually give the source, without realising that they're violating copyright, so a bot that checks the new content in these sections against the sources might strike a fair balance between extra cpu load and handling copyvios quickly.

A few key strings for suspicious text for someone who might want to write a bot are "the ([adjective]|) city", "the ([adjective]|) nation", "the ([adjective]|) country", "the ([adjective]|) kingdom" - mainstream media newsy style seems to forbid repeating a country/city name in the same or successive sentences. Obviously, these strings would only be a Bayesian clue. Automated analysis would probably find several key style aspects of BBC/NYT/Guardian/CNN/AJE/Reuters that don't quite sound right in an encyclopedia. Human verification by a native English speaker would almost certainly be needed, at least at the beginning. Boud (talk) 20:59, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Large edits get screened through the TurnItIn API by User:EranBot and sent to the CopyPatrol interface, where there are more copyright editors, so that may cover the automated analyses. I'm afraid that what you describe is common across all types of articles, but especially popular BLPs :/.It's annoying to deal with, since a single sentence or two is not a problem. However, it's time consuming to correct if it is extensive. Thanks for bringing this up, Boud. I'll keep it in mind. :) Sennecaster (Chat) 23:39, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Brian Malarkey

I saw that you reverted again my edits. I already discuss it to undeletion review but they don't have any replies one of the admin says it was redirect as soft. They give more time for thorough discussions, its unfair. Please guide me through the correct process. Rice25kg (talk) 03:40, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

The discussion was open for at a minimum 7 days, which, on Wikipedia terms, is long enough for a census to be discussed, @Rice25kg. This can be frustrating, I understand! However, if the undeletion review shows that uninvolved admins agree with the closure, then there is nothing you can do. We work by a consensus, and in this case, a consensus has been decided. The correct process from hereon out would be to create or improve other articles, and only revisit Brian Malarkey if something in the future shows up that would help demonstrate notability for him. Sennecaster (Chat) 17:06, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

It's not majority decision though only one admin has commented to make the page a redirect to Top Chef: Miami and in my views and opinion its not what the wikipedia bureaucracy works. What you mean "The correct process from hereon out would be to create or improve other articles"?. Its clearly states that Brian Malarkey has a lots of articles online to support his notability isn't that enough? Rice25kg (talk) 02:02, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

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I nominate Sennecaster for Editor of the Week because of her outstanding, project-altering work in the field of copyright cleanup. She is a newer editor, but has already become a CCI clerk, inspected hundreds (if not thousands) of edits, certainly the same amount of articles, and has been the beaming heart and core of the renaissance at CCI. She has also contributed to this Project in other areas, such as at WP:3O, and being a spokesperson for the faction of editors engaging in cleaning up copyright violations. The4lines and theleekycauldron seconded this nomination

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Thanks again for your efforts! ―Buster7 ☎ 13:48, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

Congratulations, this is well deserved! Trainsandotherthings (talk) 14:18, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

Oh wow, thank you Buster7, Vami IV, The4lines, Theleekycauldron! :D This cheered me up after some rather draining IRL matters, and to be placed as such a new editor with some of the people I respect and aspire to be like on-wiki is such an honor. I'm glad to work with you all! :) Sennecaster (Chat) 01:53, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

No problem! It's nice to see editors recognized for their work. Thanks for all the work that you do in CCI's and on Wikipedia! Best! Signed,The4lines |||| ^{(Talk) (Contributions)} 01:58, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

BTW...let me take this opportunity to thank you for the cleanup you are doing at Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Buster7. I very much appreciate your efforts to clean up MY mess.―Buster7 ☎ 19:27, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

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Thank you for reviewing or re-reviewing 28 articles, which helped contribute to an overall 1276-article reduction in the backlog during the drive. (t · c) buidhe 12:43, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

Question from Iamvishal074 on Ghirth (12:58, 3 December 2021)

How to remove False information from semi protected Wikipedia article --Iamvishal074 (talk) 12:58, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

Hi @Iamvishal074! I checked the history of Ghirth and it is not semiprotected :) You should be free to edit it. However, I noticed that you have been reverted for removing well-sourced content; on Wikipedia we use reliable, independent sources that are separate, have editorial oversight, and/or have been written by experts on a subject matter. I would try to find things that the Wikipedia article does not have in the article already by reading books or articles from established publications. Feel free to ask me if you need anything else! :) Sennecaster (Chat) 13:19, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

Mahesh Sharma has written fasle and violent information in their book how can i change fasle information from this topic? I have Right and Well source content about this topic but first remove the false information at link 3-4 this make violence socially.His book is giving inappropriate information that is not reliable for users please take action on this topic. Iamvishal074 (talk) 14:52, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

@Iamvishal074: I really don't edit in Indian areas too much, so I would direct questions about castes and such to a user such as Sitush (Sorry!). In terms of reliable sources; however, the best way to bring into question a source instead of indiscriminately removing information is to open a discussion on the talk page and explain exactly why you find the source to be unreliable, or how it contains false information, by providing other written sources that have underwent editorial oversight or have been written by experts on Ghirth. Sennecaster (Chat) 01:38, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

If I provide well source data and prove Mahesh Sharma Book has wrong information about Girth, then can you remove this? Iamvishal074 (talk) 16:01, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

@Iamvishal074; No; I cannot make edits for you unless you make a edit request and it is accepted. Sennecaster (Chat) 23:06, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Question from WHSarchivist (16:49, 6 December 2021)

Hi I just joined as a member of Wikipedia to make a couple changes to my town's page. My edits to a page were reverted by someone and they sent me to aa "talk" page with a big long explanation about me possibly being a paid consultant or something. They are not from the town at all and I don't know how to get my edits back. I am not paid at all. --WHSarchivist (talk) 16:49, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Hi @WHSarchivist! It seems you added an external link in one of your edits, which had caused a knee-jerk reaction from one of our anti-vandalism editors. This is fairly common for people who seem to show a relation to a certain organization or company. For some edits to be kept (such as the additions in the "Notable people" section), we require references to reliable sources that back up the claim being made. As for the link to Washington Rewind, we only allow certain pages to be linked to, and even then they should be at the "External links" section at the bottom of the page (perhaps you can just link to this on the WHS website instead of on Wikipedia). For the Washington Rewind to be included in the "History" section, we need a secondary source, such as a news publication or other substantial secondary source, that discusses that project.

I know you don't mean harm, so I've restored parts of the content which don't pose an issue, which contains the new link to the Washington Historical Society and the mention of the 9/11 Memorial Walk (which I had found coverage for). I suggest that you take a short trip through the simplified ruleset (a short collection of policies to keep in mind when editing) to make sure that your edits are of best quality so that they don't get reverted. If you think that some parts you're changing might be a bit too close to your volunteer work as part of the WHS, consider making a conflict of interest edit request so that an editor can help out with what can be added or what to improve. To get the other edits back, I recommend finding some adding citations to prove the added content.

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Question from AudaciousT (06:25, 10 December 2021)

Hi, nice to meet you. I’ll be sure to ask if I have any questions. --AudaciousT (talk) 06:25, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

Help

Can you assist me on the CCI case that I have filed in WP:CCI? Thanks. NewManila2000 (talk) 11:21, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for your reply here regarding the potential copyvio. I'll be sure to check out Wikiblame and use it in the future! --My Pants Metal (talk) 15:08, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

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	Copyvios go X CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 07:14, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, CactiStaccingCrane! That made me smile quite a bit :) Sennecaster (Chat) 12:48, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Question from Mobileabb on User talk:Jan Myšák (19:40, 18 December 2021)

We are trying to create a wiki page for our mobile abattoir this is not for web hosting this is for a detailed outline and historical data and facts of what has been produced

Many thanks Aaron --Mobileabb (talk) 19:40, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

Question from Mobileabb (20:00, 18 December 2021)

Good morning I'm trying to create a wikipedia page for our company and history of how it began news Zealands first mobile abattoir this is for new Zealand history and a outline of the process and future. Thank you Aaron --Mobileabb (talk) 20:00, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

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		For the diligent work you do in helping Wikipedia stay free from copyright violations, among other things. I hope you know that your edits make a lot of difference — you are a valuable editor, and you matter. Thank you for all that you do. — The Most Comfortable Chair 08:42, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

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Thanks, The Most Comfortable Chair! I love your username! :D Sennecaster (Chat) 17:00, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! It is inspired from a poem which is very dear to me. — The Most Comfortable Chair 07:57, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Question from Arjunvarmaina (16:35, 26 December 2021)

I have made my first edit how many days want to detect my edit and upload to search engines.? --Arjunvarmaina (talk) 16:35, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

@Arjunvarmaina: It depends. Mostly a few minutes, but can take hours if your article is new and not linked. Senne, sorry for the ghost ping CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 08:37, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

Question from CommTeam753 (18:05, 6 January 2022)

Hey Senne! I'm the webmaster for Lawton Public Schools and I need to change some information on their wikipedia page. I've actually never edited/contributed to Wikipedia before so I want to make sure I do it correctly -- would you be able to help guide me through changing the listed superintendent and the logo? --CommTeam753 (talk) 18:05, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Hi there @CommTeam753! I'm not Senne, but I'd be happy to help you out. The plain and simple conflict of interest guide might be a useful page to review :) If you have any other questions, feel free to reach out! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 03:06, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Question from H4R0LD19800820 (17:29, 10 January 2022)

I've read the book the user said was bookspam who challenged its existence. --H4R0LD19800820 (talk) 17:29, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Hi @H4R0LD19800820, I'm not Sennecaster, but I'd be happy to help you out. Per Wikipedia:RSPAMAZON, Amazon is generally not considered a reliable source here. Maybe try citing another reliable, secondary source! If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 03:08, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Question from Iara Ai on Wikipedia:Notability (20:21, 11 January 2022)

I want to create this page: Comparison of systematic review tools/software. It would contain a table comparing characteristics. Per http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTESAL, it seems like I can create since http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Systematic_review#Review_tools is already a thing. So can you say if I create it other editors will or won't delete it? --Iara Ai (talk) 20:21, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Hi @Iara Ai, I'm not Sennecaster, but I'd be happy to help you out. It looks like you're trying to split and create a new article for a list that's already inside an article. See WP:SPLIT for more details. In my opinion, you could certainly try! Make sure to cite reliable sources. I would recommend you use the Articles for Creation process to get experienced editors to review your article. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 03:11, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

@EpicPupper Please don't reply to blocked users on my talk page. Sennecaster (Chat) 03:12, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

@Sennecaster: Are you saying I'm a "blocked users"? Where do you see that?--Iara Ai (talk) 18:14, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Iara Ai, Sennecaster was referring to another user who posted on this page. I've resolved the issue offwiki. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 18:17, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

@EpicPupper: Not a split. It will be a table instead of a bullet list or prose, it will include many other software not listed in that article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iara Ai (talk • contribs) 20:21, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Iara Ai My response is the same Make sure to cite reliable sources. I would recommend you use the Articles for Creation process to get experienced editors to review your article. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 18:17, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi

Hi new mentor! So happy you took the time to adopt me as a mentee!!!! Trainsandotherthings (talk) 21:07, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Question from Hapatgaree on History of Facebook (10:06, 21 January 2022)

How to hack Facebook --Hapatgaree (talk) 10:06, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

Sorgam

I have reworded the "Themes" section. Is it better now? Kailash29792 (talk) 04:01, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Yes, thank you! :) I feel like it is in wikivoice even more now, copyright problems aside. Sennecaster (Chat) 04:07, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Question from Brown Promoter (14:51, 27 January 2022)

hello i need help about how best i can edit articles --Brown Promoter (talk) 14:51, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi, Brown Promoter! Welcome to Wikipedia, and sorry for a delayed reply. A great place to learn how to edit articles is by looking at some of the things listed at Help:Introduction :) A good way to get a handle of how the editing panel looks is by looking for spelling and grammar mistakes and correcting them. Sennecaster (Chat) 18:50, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Question from Mollie.thayer1989 (14:10, 1 February 2022)

Hi! I had created a page but it is under review for possible paid edits. How can I dispute that claim since it is false?

Is there a way to see if the article is going to be published soon if ever? --Mollie.thayer1989 (talk) 14:10, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

WP:AFC Helper News

Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.

• AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
• The template {{db-afc-move}} has been created - this template is similar to {{db-move}} when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.

Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Copyright violation on the Anastasianism-Article

Hi Sennecaster, You marked my quotes in the section "Antisemitic tendencies" as vioIating copyright. I dont know, how the quotes I used violated copyright. I used only short quotes and marked them as quotes. Also I linked them to the sources. Maybe I formated something wrong? --Sebastian Pris (talk) 18:36, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi Sebastian Pris! I noticed that some of the prose was copied from the book that wasn't inside quotes, and Wikipedia considers quotes to be a copyright violation if there is excessive material quoted. I saw that most of the content added was quoting, so I removed it. Aside from a copyright standpoint, it is much easier to comply with other editing guidelines if you write the ideas and main points of a source in your own words. I hope this helped, Sennecaster (Chat) 19:54, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for your quick reply! I still don't see where I didn't used inside quotes and I also don't think seven sentences is excessive. And I don't understand why the ratio between my text and the quotes should be important. I think what matters should be the absolute amount of text I quoted(As long as quotes are not the only content I contribute and the quotes are supporting my points). Also I think if I write the text without direct quotes, my claims would be challenged. But ok, I think, I would write it again, but this time with just small parts of the quotes and more of my own words. What do you say? --Sebastian Pris (talk) 12:41, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Per our non-free content criteria, we must limit the amount of text quoted compared to the Wikipedia article, and not of the overall work. I think that if you rewrote it, it would be okay. Just beware of close paraphrasing too much, as Wikipedia also counts that as copyright violations (see more at Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing). A way to prevent your additions from being challenged is to include in-text citations using <ref></ref> tags with a citation at the end of your sentence or paragraph. If they do get challenged, feel free to discuss with the person on the talk page of the article in question, and see if you can come to an agreement :) Sennecaster (Chat) 17:41, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

Question from Kambalala Edden on User:Kambalala Edden (01:29, 22 February 2022)

Hello..!! How do I create my home village name biography, with the map showed where it's situated..? --Kambalala Edden (talk) 01:29, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Hello Kambalala Edden! I'm unfortunately not familiar with how village articles are created and how maps are made, so I'm going to ping Berrely here to help :) Sennecaster (Chat) 07:10, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Kambalala Edden, a few questions:

• Can you find your village on Geonames?
• Is the village included in any census results?
• And possibly, is it covered in any independent, reliable sources?

— Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 18:49, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Coffee for an overworked CCI volunteer

Thanks for stopping by Talk:Glaucium calycinum to close discussion. Just wanted to drop by to apologize for adding to your workload, and to offer a hand in case there's anything in the future you might need help with. Best wishes, Fritzmann (message me) 18:49, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Some bubble boba tea for you!

Have some boba tea (Hong Kong style) for your hard work on this magical site we call The Free Encyclopedia ―sportzpikachu my talkcontribs 13:28, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Question from A.V.4musictv (13:15, 3 March 2022)

Hi! I’m a music artist, and I’m trying to advertise myself. What are the best ways to do that? --A.V.4musictv (talk) 13:15, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Using wp:AFC instead of using your own user page.

In addition, advertisement is not permitted in Wikipedia. Pavlov2 (talk) 14:01, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Question from Villa Francesco (17:21, 3 March 2022)

Hello Senne,

I'd like to submit an artist bio/entry, mine, for publication. I have a number of primary sources for authentication purposes as well as collaborations with a number of Wikipedian artists and writers. How might I might best get started? Thanks Eric Dever, artist Villa Francesco www.ericdever.com --Villa Francesco (talk) 17:21, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

@Villa Francesco: If you are being paid by Eric Dever, you must disclose it on your talk page (WP:PAID has more information). Wikipedia relies on secondary sources for notability, or how worthy a subject is for inclusion. It is also highly discouraged to write articles about yourself, and it is against common practices to edit articles that you have a conflict of interest with. If you do decide to go through with your decision, use WP:AFC for submitting articles and be completely honest about your status of being paid or any conflicts of interest. Sennecaster (Chat) 18:08, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Question from Villa Francesco (18:21, 3 March 2022)

Thanks Senne, I am not being paid. Is there a way I could 'float' links or elements of the story to be picked up by a Wikipedian? I respect the integrity of the Wikipedia mission and the 5 Columns. --Villa Francesco (talk) 18:21, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

@Villa Francesco Sorry for the long response, been very busy irl. A good place to put potential sources is on the talk page of a relevant articles, or at WP:REQUEST, which has instructions for how to request an article for someone else to write. Sennecaster (Chat) 03:31, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

Question from Alimustee (06:10, 19 March 2022)

Hello, I need a clarification on publishing an article. I wrote a review of a book written in Arabic. The draft was rejected twice due to sourcing issue. Help me on how to improve on that. --Alimustee (talk) 06:10, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

Question from SüßerPüppi (10:08, 14 March 2022)

Hello, I would like to add a new article, i.e. an article on "Rainer Schulze". How can I prove that the guy is still alive and all the given references correct? I will appreciate all the suggestions you make. Regards, SüßerPüppi --SüßerPüppi (talk) 10:08, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Hi there @SüßerPüppi! Please use the article wizard to create the article. We have a reliable sources policy that may be helpful. Cheers! (talk page watcher) 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 01:20, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

Question from Villa Francesco (13:33, 16 March 2022)

Hi Senne, my article was rejected due to lack or reliable references, but I have also included them following the lead in my draft, as well as the full list of reliable references at the bottom of the page under references. Does this seem clear. I appreciate your help. Thank you, Villa Francesco https://parrishart.org/artist-stories/#/collection/10883447 https://pc.guildhall.org/search-works?s=eric+dever https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/news/love-crushed-pigment-and-hard-work-eric-dever-ma-88-his-artistic-process https://art.state.gov/personnel/eric_dever/ --Villa Francesco (talk) 13:33, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

@Villa Francesco: I have checked some of your references, and they are not reliable per wikipedia's general agreement of sourcing. We require secondary news, such as news articles, third party museum pages, and art reviews, so sources such as personal correspondence are not accepted as a reliable source. Furthermore, we take sourcing very seriously when it concerns living people, as dictated on our biography of living persons policy. Every contentious statement has to be cited, whether positive, negative, or neutral in tone. As the reviewer said, a lot of claims need in-line citations in the draft. Sennecaster (Chat) 17:43, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

Question from Polinlc2 (20:21, 27 March 2022)

Hello, I'm trying to update a section of my school's global ranking. However, I'm not sure how to update the reference with the latest access date because all I can find is a location to edit the rank number. When I click the edit source button under Reference, the visual editor shows

. Thanks for your help. I really enjoy joining the wiki community. --Polinlc2 (talk) 20:21, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Question from Fantastic Bk on User:Fantastic Bk (15:12, 3 April 2022)

Hello!How can I create my own wiki page for public to see? --Fantastic Bk 15:12, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Question from Fantastic Bk on Thembinkosi Lorch (16:15, 3 April 2022)

Hello, so is it true that Bongani Ngele Sam had to choose between his teaching career and soccer career? --Fantastic Bk 16:15, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Question from CalemX (04:33, 7 April 2022)

Hello are you a bot --CalemX (talk) 04:33, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Beep boop. No. Sennecaster (Chat) 04:40, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Question from IuriMaffia (11:54, 18 April 2022)

Hello, My name is Iuri, Im an artist, actor, i was in a tv show and i also published a Book. I want to pubblish and doccument what i achieved in this year and create my biography in wikipedia, what do yo recomend ? Salute, IURI MAFFIA --IuriMaffia (talk) 11:54, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

@IuriMaffia Hi! Wikipedia frowns heavily on writing anything about yourself, as you would have a conflict of interest. I would look for other things that you enjoy writing about. Sennecaster (Chat) 17:10, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

The important things

Hi Senne, just thought I'd raise two highly critical notes:

1. A belated happy wiki-anniversary - I'm afraid it's no longer suspicious for you to be editing niche copyright backend areas ;)
2. Your signature is overdue for another colour change. Clearly "Senne Titan" would be an appropriate colour. Any objections that it's apparently a titanium white are clearly irrelevant

Nosebagbear (talk) 11:07, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

I change at my editing milestones, which is currently 8k edits, so until I get time and motivation to stare in abject horror at everything I shall keep it this pleasant green. Thank you nonetheless, I shall consider it when I do reach it! :D Sennecaster (Chat) 22:30, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Question from Larsongallery on Larson Gallery (18:38, 27 May 2022)

I am uploading my own image, but it keeps saying it may not be acceptable because it may not be mine. I also want to delete the image that is there. --Larsongallery (talk) 18:38, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Question from Sankalpyadav93 (15:50, 13 June 2022)

Hi.

How are you doing? Could you please tell me that how can I publish the page? --Sankalpyadav93 (talk) 15:50, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Sankalpyadav93, welcome to Wikipedia! I assume you are talking about User:Sankalpyadav93/sandbox, I've added an AFC box on the top of the page, when you are finished with your draft, click the "Submit the draft for review" button and an experienced editor will look over it and publish (accept) it if it meets our standards. Please note that your draft is unlikely to be published in its current state, as it contains tone issues (which requires that all articles use a neutral tone), referencing issues (which requires most claims to be supported by a reliable source), and notability issues (which requires all subjects to, in general, have 2-4 reliable sources providing significant coverage to the subject). If you haven't already, read WP:Your first article. Happy editing! Justiyaya 22:16, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Question from Sankalpyadav93 (10:09, 15 June 2022)

Hello,

How can I change the name of my page in the Sandbox and how can I upload a photo in the military info box? --Sankalpyadav93 (talk) 10:09, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

@Sankalpyadav93 A reviewer will move it to the mainspace with the correct title (probably the subject's name) if it gets accepted. It's also probably best if you add the photo after it gets accepted as an article. For now, it's probably best that you improve the article based on the feedback above. Feel free to leave additional questions on my talk page as Sennecaster is taking a break from Wikipedia. Justiyaya 11:51, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Edit Request Tool changes

Hello, I just made some significant changes to User:Terasail/Edit Request Tool. Since you have the tool active, I am informing you of this since it may affect you. To open the tool you will now have to click the "respond" button. The tool will load a similar interface as before. There is now a live preview of the response. These changes might have introduced some bugs so if you have any concerns / suggestions or run into problems please leave a note at User talk:Terasail/Edit Request Tool Thanks, Terasail^[✉️] 15:35, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Copyright Cleanup Barnstar
		For all you do at CCI. Hog Farm Talk 05:44, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Clarification

I'm aware of the CCI in relation to User:Martinevans123, but I'm confused by this. How does taking out sources and leaving the text relate to rectifying a copyvio? I assume from the edit summary that "CV" = copyvio but I may have misunderstood that. DeCausa (talk) 20:03, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

I did the reverse; I removed the text and left the sources. The diff shows the reference syntax moving upwards; it may be more clear in visual differences if you have that enabled. Diff reading gives me headaches too, no worries on the misunderstanding. CV does stand for copyvio, I started using it once I encountered cases where I would hit max character limit on my removals due to massive amounts of pasting. Sennecaster (Chat) 20:08, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

My bad. I was thrown off by the shading on the right hand side of the diff. Thanks. DeCausa (talk) 20:11, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

No worries, reading diffs is an absolute nightmare for everyone. Sennecaster (Chat) 20:17, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

Question about copyright policy

Hello Sennecaster. I see that you are active in this area, in which I am inexperienced. Could you look at this article page, in particular the reference section. There are many lengthy quotations from the cited sources, almost to the point that the reader ends up incorporating them alongside the article text as they read the article. Is this permitted? It seems like appropriation of the cited publications, but I don't know how WP treats such things? Thanks very much. SPECIFICO talk 19:09, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

@SPECIFICO I mostly see refquotes being used if the source is heavily paywalled or offline. I would follow the principles of normal quote usage with respect to NFC. WP:QUOTEFARM is probably the best guidance on this. However, these grounds tend to be much more shaky than a straight up copyright violation or close paraphrase, as anything to do with NFC and quotes is already a hot mess. CCI tends to remove or trim down such overquotes, but if you're in content dispute/discussion with someone I would seek outside review, like at WP:CP (list without blanking). Sennecaster (Chat) 20:31, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

Great thanks for the quick reply. SPECIFICO talk 20:45, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

Pages worth patrolling

In case you didn't know this, pages on protests and military conflicts that get major mainstream media attention tend to get quite a bit of 1-2 sentence copyright violations, often slightly paraphrased, especially in 'timeline' and 'reactions' sections, and generally nobody makes the effort to label these as copyvios or ask for help from copyright clerks. Either other editors don't notice, despite the added text sounding "newsy" and written independently of the surrounding context, or they notice but don't have the time (my case) or knowledge for copyvio labelling; in many cases they edit the copyvio'd text so it becomes more natural. Even after media attention lowers, these are still high risk cases. It might be worth it to think of some sort of bot help for these. The copyviolating editors (usually, but not always, IP editors) usually give the source, without realising that they're violating copyright, so a bot that checks the new content in these sections against the sources might strike a fair balance between extra cpu load and handling copyvios quickly.

A few key strings for suspicious text for someone who might want to write a bot are "the ([adjective]|) city", "the ([adjective]|) nation", "the ([adjective]|) country", "the ([adjective]|) kingdom" - mainstream media newsy style seems to forbid repeating a country/city name in the same or successive sentences. Obviously, these strings would only be a Bayesian clue. Automated analysis would probably find several key style aspects of BBC/NYT/Guardian/CNN/AJE/Reuters that don't quite sound right in an encyclopedia. Human verification by a native English speaker would almost certainly be needed, at least at the beginning. Boud (talk) 20:59, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Large edits get screened through the TurnItIn API by User:EranBot and sent to the CopyPatrol interface, where there are more copyright editors, so that may cover the automated analyses. I'm afraid that what you describe is common across all types of articles, but especially popular BLPs :/.It's annoying to deal with, since a single sentence or two is not a problem. However, it's time consuming to correct if it is extensive. Thanks for bringing this up, Boud. I'll keep it in mind. :) Sennecaster (Chat) 23:39, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thanks for your work for wikipedia!

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DYK for Sdorica

On 31 July 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sdorica, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Sdorica featured crossovers with the fellow Rayark games Cytus II and Deemo, involving special events in Sdorica and song albums in Cytus II? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sdorica. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sdorica), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

NPP drive award

		The Invisible Barnstar
		This award is given to Sennecaster for 5 reviews and 2 re-reviews in the July NPP backlog reduction drive. Your contributions played a part in the 9895 reviews that took place during the drive. Thank you for your contributions.. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 09:25, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

ABAI Talk Page

I saw that you declined a 3rd opinion on the talk page at ABAI. I've been making some edits there; the IP address 171 hasn't replied to anything and Binkersten replies to only a small amount. I was wondering if you could still give it a looksee on the topics I've added. It seems like the page needs a lot of work, and I've noticed a long history of Wikipedia:Edit warring; so hoping you might join and help us move to consensus and get the article fixed. thanks! PsyNtst (talk) 22:15, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

I'll take a look if I can, I'm unfortunately about to go away again and only have a limited time here. @PsyNtst, it might be better to have someone else look at the page, as I can't put in the time I would want to in terms of a 3O/helping to improve the article right away. Sennecaster (Chat) 23:23, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

ok thanks! Do you know where I could find someone? I used to edit about a decade ago, and am dusting off my skills; and can't remember it all! PsyNtst (talk) 23:25, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

@PsyNtst For now, you can follow WP:BEBOLD and make changes that you see fit (within policy of course), and if you get reverted, continue discussing. 3Os can be requested if the discussion stalls out again; I declined partially because Binks gave a 3rd opinion as requested (typically, 3Os don't join in on full discussions and rather give an opinion to move it along) and partially because one of the people in dispute is blocked currently. You can notify the relevant wikiproject on the project's talk page as well, although some of them are very inactive now, and sometimes maintenance tags can help generate attention. Hope this helps! Sennecaster (Chat) 04:21, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Felix Mendelssohn

Hi! I'm writing about the rewritten passage in the above article - the edit is attributed to you, because of copyright violation. Unfortunately the rewrite is not imo entirely accurate, and I would wish to rewrite the rewrite - but I'm not aware of what the presumed copyright violation was, and of course don't want to repeat it - can you enlighten me as the issue here? With thanks, Smerus (talk) 07:39, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

@Smerus; It was added after the FAC by Martinevans123, who has an open CCI. If it has no source for me to check and it's more complex than basic sentences, I usually presumptively remove it per WP:PDEL. I worked with Epicgenius over discord to really quickly rewrite what Martin added because it's a FA; as long as you don't restore what was previously there feel free to rewrite. Sennecaster (Chat) 07:56, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

Many thanks, that's clear. Best, --Smerus (talk) 10:56, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

This media file is missing evidence of permission

I was informed that File:Gano Forum logo.png file is missing permission. But I believe this is in the public domain. Because "This logo image consists only of simple geometric shapes or text. It does not meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright protection, and is therefore in the public domain." Rsakib188 (talk) 02:32, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

@Rsakib188 c:COM:TOO India might be useful. As it is on Commons, the processes there will need to be followed; this is a case of threshold of originality, so it most likely will go to Deletion requests. I'm not going to contest it for you, however, that is up to you or someone else. I think that it could be below, but threshold of originality isn't my strongest area of copyright and other opinions would be nice to get. Sennecaster (Chat) 03:40, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Question about copyvio text

Hi -- since I just learned that you're an expert on CCI and dealing with copyvio, I hope you don't mind if I ask you a question. I've rarely had to deal with copied text; I do a lot of FAC reviewing and a reviewer there is never the only one to spot a copyvio, and that sort of problem is extremely rare at FAC anyway. I've been going through my recently promoted GAs and doing manual spotchecks and running Earwig, since I realized I should have been doing that all along, and I have posted a couple of notes for nominators to clean things up. I just came across Hajji Ebrahim Shirazi; the nominator's prose is not good and I nearly failed it on that basis but ended up doing a fairly long review to get it over the line. Just now I ran Earwig and found multiple instances of short copied strings of text. I've left a note on the article's talk page about them. I still need to do the manual spotchecks. I left a question at WT:GAR about whether I should go straight to a reassessment, but I was wondering what you would typically do if you found copyvio like this in a GA. Would you immediately rip it out the relevant strings and enough associated text to leave coherent sentences? Or just leave a note as I have done and watch the page? And in a case like this where there are many non-English sources I can't assess, what level of AGF would you apply to those sources? Thanks for any feedback; I don't really want to be a copyvio expert but if I going to do many more GAN reviews I can see I'll need to be. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:37, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

Oooh boy GA and FA copyvio, there's a lot of nuance here. I've never reviewed a GAN or a FAC, so some things may seem a bit wrong on my end; just try to combine the knowledge :). I don't mind copyright questions, feel free to throw more my way.

If you're reviewing and haven't passed it yet, quickfail for copyvio and either remove it, or if the editor is very responsive, have them remove it. If it's like 1-2 sentences, I wouldn't quickfail since that can be solved with skillful rewrites--I wouldn't fail a DYK for 1-2 sentences. Short strings of copied text can be indications of close paraphrasing; that's why Earwig's detector is fallible, and then you need to manually compare text to text. Same with books; usually those need to be opened and searched within if you can.

For the AGF question, honestly, it really depends. AGF is thrown out the window if the user is blocked for copyvio, but in other cases, we tend to just AGF if the source isn't reasonably accessible to the reviewer. I use machine translators to deal with non-english web sources, and pass off book sources if I can, but if I can't access the source I AGF. If the text is suspect of copying (more sophisticated than the rest of the prose, uses more sensational language, for instance) then I would try to reach out to other editors to help review.

If it's a recent GA, I would probably try to rewrite it unless it's beyond a couple sentences, then I would remove and place {{cclean}} on the talk page. I'm a little bit less hesitant/cautious if it's one of those "listed in 2009, editor is indeffed for socking" cases since it probably deserves a reassessment anyways. If it's extremely blatant and covers whole sections, I'd either straight up remove with no warning or list it at copyproblems. I think that you've entered a really tricky part of copyright expertise, and it's beyond what I expect of most users to have to learn, but it's unfortunately necessary in this case. Sennecaster (Chat) 03:31, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick reply. Yes, maybe a knowledge merger is what we need! (And feel free to ping me for any advice in the other direction, e.g. if you want to take an article to GA or FA and would like input.). This particular case is awkward because I'm the one that promoted it so I feel responsible -- as I said I'm going back through my own GA reviews to do the spotchecks I should have done first time. So it's already passed, and I can't quickfail.

I think I will try the machine translation for the spotchecks and just hope the nominator is responsive. However, his English is terrible so I have little hope his rewrites will be good enough; I may have to help him out. Thanks again -- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 03:38, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Mike Christie: I've removed copyvios from existing GAs before, and my approach is to rewrite if the article is otherwise up to par, and consider GAR if it isn't. This is especially the case if the user was generally otherwise competent and acting in good faith. I find it keeps feathers unruffled to replace as we destroy. As for media you can't access, I'm of a mind with Sennecaster: if an editor doesn't give you reason to assume bad faith, assume good faith and move on. This approach wouldn't fly at FAC of course, but by then there are hopefully people with the means to extend access or access those sources themselves and test for verification. I'll finish by noting that a field of investigatory and clean up work closely related to Wikipedia is verification, and removing fake sources or prose/citations that fail verification. I think of ColonelHenry and Oberranks as examples. –♠Vamí_IV†♠ 06:36, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the extra input. I like the approach of doing the rewrite oneself. In this particular case I've no knowledge of the subject matter at all, so I don't think I'd be able to more then rewrite prose -- but I can at least do that, so long as the meaning is unambiguous. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:43, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Question from AmjadFPCL (06:38, 19 September 2022)

I created my first article on Wikipedia. This is for the company FFBL Power Company.

I made company Infobox but can not add logo as it is always says a problem with connection to server.

I want to add a gallery for the company plant pictures, same error as with logo picture.

Can you please guide in this regard and have a review for the article I saved as draft and still did not submitted for review. --AmjadFPCL (talk) 06:38, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Doug Coldwell's CCI

I have been holding off on rechecking the articles of Doug's I reviewed at GAN until the ANI thread completed. It looks like that thread has finally shut down. Is the CCI on Doug going to be expanded into other years, or is that going to be discussed? If not I'll just look at each article individually and GAR it if necessary. It appears Doug has stopped editing, which is sad, and will also probably mean that many articles can't be salvaged since he often used offline sources. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:31, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

@Mike Christie I'm not exactly sure; I think that myself and a few others want to survey through DC's contributions to make sure that this isn't just a 2022 issue before we request a full expansion. I think MER-C went and surveyed all of the creations/GAs on the subpage, so we might be working off of those. We have various ways of accessing offline sources; Google book snippet searching, archive.org, and TWL aid us immensely. There haven't been many sources where I've been completely unable to access so far. I will say that I have seen non-trivial amounts of source verification failures in articles I've checked, so a deeper review of the articles may be needed. Sennecaster (Chat) 13:54, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

OK -- can you let me know when a decision is taken? Or is there a page I can watch? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 14:37, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

Probably the CCI page is a good place to watch any discussion unfold. If it gets expanded, I'll ping you. :) Sennecaster (Chat) 18:25, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

OK, I'm already watching that. Thanks. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 21:46, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

I added the page a couple of weeks back but forgot to say in the background section that I did so. See Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20210315 02. MER-C 17:56, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Carry on Jatta 3

I've declined your G12 for Carry on Jatta 3. The site you provided looks like a web scraper, and indeed, it looks like the material is actually copied from our own articles on the first two movies in the series. Whpq (talk) 21:52, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

@Whpq Argh, I'm usually much better with reverse copyvio! No worries, and I'm glad that you're putting your mop to use in copyright :) Sennecaster (Chat) 21:53, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

No worries. Mistakes just prove you are not a 'bot. Cheers. Whpq (talk) 21:56, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

WWT phab thanks

Not sure if Phabricator has its own "thanks" facility, but anyway, thanks for this and other comments at T320364 and related tasks. Mathglot (talk) 21:17, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

Always :) Gotta bash those bugs even if I don't understand what any of it does! Sennecaster (Chat) 23:15, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

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Reusing deleted material second opinion

Hi. I have concerns about WP:Copying within Wikipedia#Reusing deleted material (guideline, shortcut WP:RUD) issues in articles mentioned at WP:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1114#The Billy Hathorn aspect (archived Flatscan (talk) 05:33, 23 November 2022 (UTC)). Would you be willing to give a second opinion or refer me to someone or some venue? I skimmed a few articles, but I am being circumspect in the interest of discretion. You participated there, and you had helped me previously at WT:Contributor copyright investigations/Archive 3#Copying open license sources without attribution. Thanks! Flatscan (talk) 05:24, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

@Flatscan: I'd probably start a wider discussion at Copyright problems, I'm a bit too busy right now to give the best advice. Maybe when American Thanksgiving calms down, I can pitch in. Sennecaster (Chat) 03:54, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply! That's a good point, I will follow up there next week. Flatscan (talk) 05:33, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

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DYK discussion involving copyright

You may be interested in weighing in at this RfC involving DYK and articles deleted for copyright violations. I don't see any names from CCI that have commented so far. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 13:10, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll read through it to see if there's anything of note. Sennecaster (Chat) 13:29, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Copyright Cleanup Barnstar
		Thank you for your dedicated work at Copyright Problems and CCI. Your help is greatly appreciated, especially with tackling large articles. Keep up the amazing work :D MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 01:42, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Copyvio/sock content

Hi, Sennecaster! First of all, a big +1 to the comment above, and a big thank you for your valuable contributions in this area. I happened to have started looking at this mess before your edit there (for which thank you!), and I'm not entirely sure that more isn't needed. That particular content was added here, but the editor made a number of edits to the page and I'm inclined to think that anything that remains of any of those edits should simply be removed – either presumptively because we've already verified one copyvio, or on the grounds of sockpuppetry. What are your thoughts? Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:21, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

@Justlettersandnumbers: I think any presumptive removal on that article would be shaky; there's not as much of a clear cut case of copyvio pdel as on a CCI, and some people already don't like BANREVERT for sockpuppetry. Judging by the edit history trainwreck, it's already a somewhat contentious article, which is my main concern for PDEL. I think we could go for it if it's not too much content, but if it's a Hathorn level of content removal it might get dicey on justifying it. Sennecaster (Chat) 03:34, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

POV Discussion involving copyright

Weighing in on the deletion of over 30 seasons worth of episode synopsis, a number of which were original to wikipedia making the page of this foundational documentary series much less useful to users seems a bit overkill? http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/List_of_POV_episodes -- especially as some of the synopsis, a quick spot check for example of the Fast Food Women entry would appear that all subsequent text on the internet was pulled from Wikipedia? what's the most efficient way to get these synopsis back and in accordance with Wikipedia copyright policy? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.80.129.173 (talk) 21:25, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

I would rewrite the content. I didn't notice the issue first; Diannaa did and according to her listing, there was a foundational problem with all of the plot summaries. I just happened to be the unlucky one that sacred on it. Maybe she can weigh in more on the issue, but I spot checked a couple episodes against archive links and did find evidence of copying from PBS. Sennecaster (Chat) 23:11, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Thar's where I found it too - PBS. Wikipedians may have written some of the summaries though; those can be kept. — Diannaa (talk) 23:56, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

That's true; I didn't, and still don't, have the time to spend multiple hours checking archives though, so anyone that is restoring the false positives is fine by me. Sennecaster (Chat) 01:02, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Gotcha! So if I want to restore the false positives both you and @Diannaa are good with that. It will take some time though -- do you have any suggestions on how to do it most efficiently? Are there any tools that can me help crosscheck what's on pbs.org viz were deleted on 3/11 in the history of the page ? Much appreciated! 72.80.129.173 (talk) 14:57, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

There's no quick or easy way. Each plot summary has to be individually checked via a Google search to see if it was already extant online somewhere (most likely at the PBS website) at the time it was added to Wikipedia. — Diannaa (talk) 19:54, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

At least 1-7 is directly copied from PBS; cited in the edit added and everything. Povdocs added all of the copied content. I'm using WIkiBlame and the PBS POV archive sites; if a source is cited in its insertion, I am presuming itcame first. I'll keep checking when I have time, but I stopped at season 8 when I found close paraphrasing that was added after the original (which was completely fine copyright wise).Sennecaster (Chat) 01:48, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello! Based on your feedback and suggestions, I will fill out Season 35 of POV by paraphrasing the synopses and citing the PBS website for each films using reference tags. If you can take a look at Season 35 once I'm done and provide feedback on whether this is the way to go, that would be appreciated. This way, I will know how to move forward with it. Thank you! Putoriusdeck (talk) 20:18, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

season 35 is up! @Sennecaster @Diannaa

Please let me know if the paraphrasing of the synopsis in addition to the citation will work. Thanks!

http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/List_of_POV_episodes#Season_35_%282022-23%29 Putoriusdeck (talk) 21:04, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Spot checks don't reveal any serious problems. Please avoid using unique words such as "multigenerational" and "mysterious". Your synopsis for the second episode does not accurately reflect the episode's content, which is the impact of the water needs of the City of Los Angeles on a nearby arid area that formerly had adequate water. — Diannaa (talk) 14:30, 6 April 2023 (UTC)