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Which kind of help do you want?--Thw1309 (talk) 18:01, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
Your submission at Articles for creation: DIPSO (March 15)[edit]
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Your draft article, Draft:DIPSO[edit]
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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Rankersbo (talk) 22:47, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. United States Plywood Corp.[edit]
Hello Walter Tau,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. United States Plywood Corp. for deletion, because it seems to be copied from another source.
If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to rewrite it in your own words, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. ubiquity (talk) 13:46, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
July 2016[edit]
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Blokhin’s Oncology Scientific Center of Russia (February 18)[edit]
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Dow Chemical Co. v. United States, 476 U.S. 227 (1986) (March 11)[edit]
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Your submission at Articles for creation: 17track.net (October 1)[edit]
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Sci-Hub refs[edit]
Hi Walter, A polite request not to use sci-hub.41610.org
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__ Thank you for letting me know. Do you have addition infor about fake sci-hub sites? I would like to add a paragraph about it to Wiki.
- A Middle Eastern editor has been persistently pushing those spam links to en-wiki and others, as we kept blocking them and their socks. — kashmīrī TALK 17:25, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
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2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine[edit]
Hi Walter Tau, I just undid you edit to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine because it wasn't formatted in a way that is normal for Wikipedia (for example it didn't use internal links) and it wasn't placed in a logical section of the article.
With an article as important as this it's critical that we are all careful. I advice you use the preview button to see your changes before they go live and discuss any large or controversial changes (which this looks like it might be) on the articles talk page. Thanks, Cakelot1 (talk) 22:06, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
Singing posts[edit]
This [[1]] moved my signature and assigned it to a post I did not make. This is very much against the rules (and could be seen as violating wp:npa), but I assume it was a mistake. Do not insert comments into another user's posts, even as replies. Also please read wp:sign and wp:indent. Slatersteven (talk) 12:40, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
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- thank you for letting me know. My intention was NOT to copy, but to move from one article to another. I assumed, that wiki automatically keeps track of such moves. I will make sure, I write "history of attribution" in more details. Walter Tau (talk) 17:18, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
- No problem, I did the same thing when I was new. Doug Weller talk 18:00, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
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- Thank you for your help. This is the first time I am uploading an image, and I am not familiar with the process. I made with plot myself, and I do not claim copyright. Did I place it correctly now? Walter Tau (talk) 21:44, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
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Please help me with... Hello. This is the first time I am posting a good figure. This is Fig.2 (counts vs year). on page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_battery The source files is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ByYear-2022-12-12.png . I would like to have this figure to be larger on the webpage. Also, there is a bug, that prevents the correct figure title "The number of publication related to electrochemical powersources by year. Also shown as the magenta line is the inflation-adjusted oil price in US$/liter in log scale." from being displayed. What is shown on webpage is: The number of publication related toelectrochemical powersource by year. Also shown as the magenta line is the inflation-adjusted oil price in US$/liter in log scale. Walter Tau (talk) 22:46, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
- I've adjusted that for you. For the record, if you are using the Visual Editor, the size settings are in 'Advanced'. If you are using the source editor, the size in pixels is placed after thumb (you can see it in my edit) - RichT|C|E-Mail 00:46, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you very much for your help. You were able to to place the correct caption too.
- Wou;d it be possible to place this figure at the end of Section "History" and make its width equal to the webpage width.
- This figure has a lot of fine details, and it is still too small for a view on the webpage directly. Walter Tau (talk) 01:16, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
>> Thank you for your help. Hopefully, this size and location in the article will help the readers to understand the technology history better.
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Please help me with... I added several new references to https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sodium%E2%80%93sulfur_battery&action=edit§ion=2 , and I believe, that they in a correct format, but what I see on the webpage itself is:
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Can someone more experienced fix these references and tell me, where I screwed up, so that I can format reference correctl next time? Thank you in advance, WT. Walter Tau (talk) 22:09, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
- The problem is with this edit: Special:Diff/1127136843. Here you added citations like this:
<ref>{{Cite journal|L. C. De Jonghe, L. Feldman and A. Beuchele, "Slow degradation and electron conduction in sodium/beta-aluminas." Journal of Materials Science, 16, 780 (1981) 10.1007/BF02402796;}}</ref>
, but that is not how {{Cite journal}} is used. With this template, you need to specify the different parameters individually, for example like this:<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=De Jonghe |first1=L. C. |last2=Feldman |first2=L. |title=Slow degradation and electron conduction in sodium/beta-aluminas |journal=Journal of Materials Science |volume=16 |page=780 |doi=10.1007/BF02402796}}</ref>
. Alternatively, you can just type in the citation between the <ref> tags, without any {{Cite journal}}. It is however recommended to use citation templates when editing an article that already uses them. ■ ∃ Madeline ⇔ ∃ Part of me ; 22:24, 13 December 2022 (UTC)- thank you very much for the explanation. I was unaware of the two different reference styles. I can fix the rest myself. 2601:19B:580:6270:A46B:4154:56ED:54C6 (talk) 23:18, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
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Please help me with... I am trying to add a figure to a wikiarticle, but it comes out too big. I do not know how to resize it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarography Walter Tau (talk) 19:33, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
Fixed – you had a pair of brackets too much. ■ ∃ Madeline ⇔ ∃ Part of me ; 19:40, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
- thank you for your help. I learned something new today :) Walter Tau (talk) 19:43, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
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Please help me with... I am asking for help with replacing on page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access Figure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/File:Percentange_of_Open_Access_journal_articles_available_from_ACS_(green),_Elsevier_(orange)_and_MDPI_(blue)_vs._the_original_publication_year_accrording_to_Web_Of_Science_on_on_2022-10-28.png
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Thank you in advance, Walter Tau. Walter Tau (talk) 22:00, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
- If you edit the page, you should be able to just replace the current file name with the new file name. If you want more help, change the {{help me-helped}} back into a {{help me}}, stop by the Teahouse, or Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Primefac (talk) 09:20, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
Thank you for ypour sugegstion. Unfortunately, I am do not see where I can "replace the current file name with the new file name". Does wiki have video instructions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Walter Tau (talk • contribs) 11:55, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
- We have a picture tutorial, though it does not have any videos. You are looking to replace File:Percentange of Open Access journal articles available from ACS (green), Elsevier (orange) and MDPI (blue) vs. the original publication year accrording to Web Of Science on on 2022-10-28.png with File:OA-Plot.png, so all you need to do is edit the page, and replace the first image's filename with the second image's filename. Primefac (talk) 12:19, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
- thank you for the reference to picture tutorial. Finally, I was able to do it ! Walter Tau (talk) 12:34, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
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- Thank you for your note. I am aware of the reuse-of-copyrighted-material problem, therefore I ALWAYS rephrase the original text and provide a reference to it.
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- As my profile says, I am an anti-deletionist, which means, that I expect from myself and others to update/improve the wiki-text, rather than deleting it.
- Look forward to hearing back from you. Walter Tau (talk) 13:29, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
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- Indeed, I made references to the article by Frakes and Wasserman. I indicated , what phrases were cited. I've done similar citations in numerous other publications (journal articles), and I believe, that these specific quatations on the wiki-page strictly fall within the four corners of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use Doctrine. Limited use of copryrighted material is allowed in every country, that has an active IP regime.
- Since, this topic/article is of a significant interest to many wiki-readers, may I suggest, that we work on improving the deleted section?
- To start with, could you please provide me with the deleted text, that includes formatted references. (I do not think, I saved the formatted text on my comp.) I will check the source, you cited, and I will modify the text to make sure, that the difference between Frakes et al. and my new text goes well beyond the four corners of the Fair Use. Walter Tau (talk) 14:41, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
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- Thank you for your help. I have never heard of "ikipedia email", and I could not find what it is. Could you please direct me to the right resource?
- Also, is there is a threshold number (10%?) to pass the CopyPatrol test? Walter Tau (talk) 16:16, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
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- Thank you for your help. I activated my wiki-email. Please try sending me the deleted text. Then, we will know, if my wiki-mail works.
- Also, thank you for telling me about Copy Patrol. I will test my new text with it before posting. Walter Tau (talk) 23:43, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
- Email sent. — Diannaa (talk) 01:14, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- thank you for your help. Hopefully, I can re-write the text in the next few days. Walter Tau (talk) 12:18, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
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Please help me with... Hello ! I am trying to add on this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_infringement#United_States
a cross-reference to a wiki article: "B) reasonable royalty remedy is available in most patent infringement cases. Since 1971, this remedy is controlled by Federal Circuit precedent in [Corp. v. United States Plywood Corp.]",' but the reference does not come out right. Could someone please fix the cross-reference, so that I can to do this type of formatting myself next time? Walter Tau (talk) 19:50, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
- If it's a wikilink - a link to another article - you use double-square brackets but not a full URL. — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 20:25, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
- thank you. my real problem was not the [[ ]] but the _ in the original url. Looks like it is working now. Walter Tau (talk) 22:32, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
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- Thank you for your note. Are you talking about this image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ByYear-2022-12-12.png ?
- If, yes, then
- the image came from a peer-reviewed journal article https://www.qeios.com/read/G6G4EA, which was published under under CC BY Open Access license, which means, that the image can be freely reused/copied/distributed provided, that the original source is acknowledged: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . I would be most grateful, if you can restore the figure.
- If not, please remind what image it was. Better yet, share it privately. I am puzzled now, which image you are referring to. Walter Tau (talk) 00:44, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
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Your edit to United States patent law has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. — Diannaa (talk) 12:17, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
Hi Walter Tau! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor at Patentable subject matter that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia—it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. TJRC (talk) 18:58, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
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- I provided all the references and MORE IMPORTANTLY I paraphrased the cited article. Under the US Law (and of other countries, that I am aware of) Copyright infringement does have Doctrine of Equivalence. As long as the text is not literally copied (or if the copied amount is nor substantial - Fair use) there is no copyright infringement. Please restore my edit. Walter Tau (talk) 23:28, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
- You paraphrased it far too closely. This is the site copied from; here's the iThenticate report. 70% of the edit was the same as the source material, and that's across at least a paragraph's work of text. At the very very least, any significant amount of text (this refers to anything over like half a sentence's worth) needs to be in quotation marks, and even that should be.
- You copied in the entire paragraph starting at "Things didn’t end there, however", among other sentences which were closely paraphrased. You may also want to read Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. Fair use only applies on Wikipedia when there is no freely-licensed alternative available – this was explained above by User:Diannaa. The freely-licensed alternative available here is just writing the text in your own words. Skarmory (talk • contribs) 23:36, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for the feedback. I would like to be able to check, if more paraphrasing is needed before I post something, but I am unable to access neither your iThenticate report link nor https://api.ithenticate.com/ website without a membership. Do they have another web portal for wiki-users? Walter Tau (talk) 00:12, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for sharing the infor. I do not dispute using that article. Au contraire, I cited that article in my wiki edit. The real question is how much paraphrasing is enough. Is there a website, where I can test my paraphrasings before posting them on wiki? Walter Tau (talk) 01:05, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
- I don't know of any sites that check before it's in an article, but they may exist. My advice is to generally just reword everything. If you have more than a couple words in a row identical to the source, it's probably too close. WP:FIXCLOSEPARA also has some useful information. Skarmory (talk • contribs) 01:42, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for sharing that link. I do see "inadvertent close paraphrasing" to be the problem with my edit.
- I was asking earlier, if I can use CopyPatrol myself before I post my edits. It is one thing, if I am not paraphrasing enough a source, that I know. Another thing is, that I may accidentally write something similar to what posted on a website, that I do not know about. Walter Tau (talk) 09:57, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
- I don't think I've ever seen anyone accidentally close paraphrase a website they don't know about, so that wouldn't be on my list of worries; if you somehow do, it's probably a sign close paraphrasing is impossible to avoid. As for using CopyPatrol before posting your edits, I don't think it has that feature, unfortunately. Skarmory (talk • contribs) 12:49, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
- I don't know of any sites that check before it's in an article, but they may exist. My advice is to generally just reword everything. If you have more than a couple words in a row identical to the source, it's probably too close. WP:FIXCLOSEPARA also has some useful information. Skarmory (talk • contribs) 01:42, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
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but this statement does not appear to be supported by the source you provided (here). In my understanding, this is also incorrect. Thanks. Edcolins (talk) 19:53, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for your note. Indeed, that was not a good reference. I was referring to this Provision
- "Because the Act also makes clear that filing an ANDA with a paragraph IV certification is an act of patent infringement, the law actually promotes litigation between private parties; the innovator is prompted to commence patent enforcement litigation against the generic infringer, and the generic company is incentivized to file a countersuit to have the patents listed in the Orange Book declared invalid"
- of Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act, which adds another hurdle (Uncle Sam) to attempted patent infringement in case of pharmaceuticals. Such hurdles do not exist for most other patents.
- Of course, this is an American prospective. You may be in a better position to describe, if European Medicines Agency or its national siblings have similar procedures.
- Let's work on improving this section combing my knowledge of the USA practice and yours of European. Walter Tau (talk) 20:41, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
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- Thank you for letting me know. I am still learning. I thought that this attribution
- =====1948 Le Roy v. Tatham=====
- was sufficient. I will provide more in the edit summarynext time. Walter Tau (talk) 17:55, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
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- thank you for letting me know. i learn something new every day. Walter Tau (talk) 02:33, 26 June 2023 (UTC)
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- Dear wiki-colleagues: you missed the most import note in my DRAFT: it is NOT an on original article, it is an accurate translation of the corresponding article in German-wiki. The fact, that you are raising issues, that were found to be non-existing by German editors (who are likely to have more expertice in this subject, than English editors), brings up the long-standing problem of DOUBLE STANDARDS in Wikipedia. I would like to take this opportunity to use this case for developing a uniform set of standards in Wikipedia. Shall we start the process with an Arbitration request or is there an alternative way? Walter Tau (talk) 13:23, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
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- Thank you for your note. Which copyright material are you referring to? I wrote that whole section myself. Walter Tau (talk) 00:44, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
- You copypasted the abstract of the article you cited into your citation. Please don't do that. — Diannaa (talk) 01:05, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
- You and I had a similar confrontation a few months ago regarding another article. I always paraphrase the sources, that I cite. Do you use some automatic plagiarism checker? In this case, I can try my rewording myselft first to make sure, it passes the test. Could you please send me my edit in private, so that I can modify it further? Walter Tau (talk) 01:14, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
- I think I understand , what the problem is. The Abstract (just like the Title) of an article can be reproduced without copyright restriction !!! The applicable UK law can be found here: https://libguides.swansea.ac.uk/copyright/researchers :
- Abstracts: copyright is normally applicable to published abstracts. However, it is permitted for scientific and technical abstracts to be copied under section 60 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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- In the USA, the publisher dedicates the Abstract and the other bibliographic infor to the public:
- "However, publishers of scientific articles invariably make abstracts freely available, even when the article itself is not." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_(summary)
- Abstract is a part of the index information, that goes into citation databases. One way of another, the publishers surrended the texts of the Abstracts into the Free Domain, when they agree to have their journal indexed in a database. You were 100 % wrong in your deletionism. Please restore my edit in full. Walter Tau (talk) 01:35, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
- Because our servers are located in the United States, we follow US copyright law. In addition, Wikipedia has strict rules about additng non-free content. A reader can easily read the abstract by clicking on the link in the citation. There's no such thing as releasing content into the "free domain" simply by publishing it. In fact the opposite is true; publication generates copyright protection. If you wish to get a second opinion please consider asking someone on this list. — Diannaa (talk) 01:46, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
- Did you check this link
- "However, publishers of scientific articles invariably make abstracts freely available, even when the article itself is not." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_(summary)
- before you wrote your last message? Walter Tau (talk) 01:47, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
- Because our servers are located in the United States, we follow US copyright law. In addition, Wikipedia has strict rules about additng non-free content. A reader can easily read the abstract by clicking on the link in the citation. There's no such thing as releasing content into the "free domain" simply by publishing it. In fact the opposite is true; publication generates copyright protection. If you wish to get a second opinion please consider asking someone on this list. — Diannaa (talk) 01:46, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
- You and I had a similar confrontation a few months ago regarding another article. I always paraphrase the sources, that I cite. Do you use some automatic plagiarism checker? In this case, I can try my rewording myselft first to make sure, it passes the test. Could you please send me my edit in private, so that I can modify it further? Walter Tau (talk) 01:14, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
- You copypasted the abstract of the article you cited into your citation. Please don't do that. — Diannaa (talk) 01:05, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
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Hi Walter. I saw that you were interested in Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. United States Plywood Corp, which is somewhat related to fair pricing for patent licenses, so I was hoping you might take a look at the Essential patents page with me. I work for Qualcomm, who is a major developer of essential patents. Therefore, I disclosed a conflict of interest and planned not to make any kind of major expansion of the page (even though it needs it). However, the page is not in very good shape and I was hoping to help get it to a point where it at least has a basic, properly cited description of what essential patents are. I posted over here if you have a minute to take a look and join in. Lcfbrandon (talk) 22:47, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
- sure. I wrote Georgia-Pacific article, because I am interested in patent jurispridence of SCOTUS and CAFC. That article has been declined as a stand-alone article, but it is a part of [[2]] for now. We shall move it to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_infringement_under_United_States_law .
- I am not an expert on FRAND, but here is an article, that you can improve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_and_non-discriminatory_licensing . There is a famous blogger in the USA, who always writes about SEPs and FRAND licensing. I cannot find his name now. He uses a cartoon of his mug instead of a photograph...hopefully, you know who he is.
- Once again, I am not an expert on this topic, but I will help you to fight deletionsits, who will try to destroy your writing. And I suggest, that you start with improving https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_and_non-discriminatory_licensing . It is impossible to start a new article on wiki these days, because of deletionists. It is better to expand an existing article, until someone suggests a split.... let me kniw, how I can help. Walter Tau (talk) 23:14, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
- I just saw the post here: https://www.uspto.gov/subscription-center/2022/standard-essential-patent-policy-and-practices-we-want-hear-you#:~:text=Those%20patents%20%E2%80%94%20standard%20essential%20patents,society%20and%20across%20the%20globe. and another by .Patricia E Chandler. Please go ahead and make changes to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_patent , and make wiki-cross-link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_and_non-discriminatory_licensing .
- Let me, when you are done, so that I can do the next edit, which may protect that page from deletionists. Walter Tau (talk) 00:38, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
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- thank you for letting me know. How do I provide attribution to edit, that has been finalized? May I suggest, that you add this attribution yourself now, so that I see it on https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Owen_M._Panner&action=edit§ion=4 ? Walter Tau (talk) 00:03, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
- The attribution does not go into the body of the article. It's done via the edit summary, like I did here. If you forget to do it at the time you perform the edit, it's okay to add it in a subsequent edit summary. — Diannaa (talk) 19:29, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
- thank you very for showing me. hopefully, I can do it correctly next time myself. 2601:19B:580:6270:850:2E36:9397:7649 (talk) 20:59, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
- The attribution does not go into the body of the article. It's done via the edit summary, like I did here. If you forget to do it at the time you perform the edit, it's okay to add it in a subsequent edit summary. — Diannaa (talk) 19:29, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
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- See https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LSD&diff=prev&oldid=1184714761 --WikiLinuz (talk) 04:43, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
- THank you for your note about secondary sources. I will add better references later today.
- Regarding the Template: I use EndNote to automatically generate my lists of references. Clarivate- the owner of EndNote- agreed to release a new reference style for Wikipedia, but someone from Wikipedia Foundation needs to contact Clarivate with an official request. Clarivate rejected my personal request earlier this year.
- Do I understand correctly, that you manually edited my reference list? Please note, that you missed a lot of infor, such as volumes, issues and page numbers. Do you think, that wiki-readers would find my reference style with more infor better than yours? Do you think, that when the reference format is less than ideal, it would be better to have a complete bibliographic infor than to adhere to some format, which is not used anywhere else besides wiki and has a missing infor? Walter Tau (talk) 12:47, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
Do I understand correctly, that you manually edited my reference list?
- YesPlease note, that you missed a lot of infor, such as volumes, issues and page numbers.
I know. I was just being lazy, and a reader can visit DOI to see all those info (it's mostly sufficient to fill in required parameters, not everything).Do you think, that wiki-readers would find my reference style with more infor better than yours?
Do you mean your style with more information? It's okay to fill in as much as needed, but it's mostly sufficient to fill in only required parameters, because some template parameters may be redundant. Readers interested in knowing more about the source would just visit the DOI or URL (if there's already DOI, we don't need URL because it's redundant, unless it links to a freely available PDF version that's hosted elsewhere for example). But it's recommended that we use templates and not fill in raw citations manually (because many internal tools and bots rely on template structure to parse and perform certain tasks).Do you think, that when the reference format is less than ideal, it would be better to have a complete bibliographic infor than to adhere to some format, which is not used anywhere else besides wiki and has a missing infor?
Citation types (WP:CITETYPE) should be consistent across the whole article; we can't mix citation styles. And sources should be cited as per MOS guidelines. For a detailed guideline, please consult Wikipedia:Citing sources. --WikiLinuz (talk) 06:49, 13 November 2023 (UTC)- You can also reuse citation that you used previously using "name=" attribute, see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LSD&diff=prev&oldid=1184886246 --WikiLinuz (talk) 06:58, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
>> Thank you for ypour reply. Did you know, that there are programs (such as EndNote, Mendeley and Zotero), that can auto-generate references in a user -defined format? I use the most expensive of the three (EndNote), but unfortunately, EndNote cannot split authors first name and last name into wiki style firstname= , lastname=. Still there are other options. You mentioned, that wiki can generate a complete reference from DOI. Do you where I can find this tool?
- Why don't you just manually type in the template parameters when editing Wikipedia? (Since EndNote's output isn't desirable anyway). It's just less troublesome. --WikiLinuz (talk) 08:08, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
- FYI, this tool generates references for you, so that you don't have to rely on EndNode or other programs to generate refs on Wiki format. https://citation-template-filling.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi --WikiLinuz (talk) 21:32, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
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An editor just deleted your bibliography. Wikipedia:WikiProject Bibliographies#Notability of bibliography articles should cover it. If you don't mind, I will split the entire "Selected works" off as John Mearsheimer bibliography, then adding a section hatnote with a link to that article. You can keep a selection of whatever you think his most notable works are in the main article. I don't know what those are so I will just keep the ones with links. Ivan (talk) 13:35, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for your note, I see what what you did. Although, I feel that your change made the article worse not better (I do not see any logic behibd your change), I am not going to fight you on this. Walter Tau (talk) 14:12, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
- I agree. Feel free to put it back if you want. But the editor who made the deletion is very persistent, and was once a Wikipediametric member. I unfortunately don't have time for another debate, or the will to accept the associated risks. Ivan (talk) 21:20, 24 March 2024 (UTC)