User talk:Mondigomo

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Demeter[edit]

Thank you so much for your clarifications at the Etymology section. In my own, strictly non-specialist opinion, it's an exemplary piece of work, pitched just right for a non-specialist, interested reader. Haploidavey (talk) 14:48, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Since you are contributing actively to the Persephone article, I wonder whether you're reading the ongoing comments on the talk page. Cynwolfe (talk) 12:53, 9 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation pages[edit]

Hello, thank you for your interest in disambiguation pages, but about edits like this, please do read the relevant guidelines WP:DAB and WP:MOSDAB, especially WP:DAB#Partial title matches (and WP:MOSDAB#Examples of individual entries that should not be created). It says, among other things: "Add a link only if the article's subject (or the relevant subtopic thereof) could plausibly be referred to by essentially the same name as the disambiguated term in a sufficiently generic context." Thus, for instance, the topic of Minoan seal-stones would never be referred to as simply "Minoan", and no reader who types "Minoan" in the search box would be surprised to be not immediately led to an article that deals specifically and only with those seal-stones. For that reason, the entry doesn't belong there. Minoa, on the other hand, might fit, so I'll leave that one in. – Also, please keep in mind the section of WP:MOSDAB#Individual entries where it says "Each entry should have exactly one navigable (blue) link to efficiently guide readers to the most relevant article for that use of the ambiguous term. Do not wikilink any other words in the line". Thank you. Fut.Perf. ☼ 13:29, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please slow down and copyedit[edit]

You've added a bunch of material at Boeotia, but typos are frequent and no spaces are given after punctuation (see MOS:PUNCT. Think of those who will be going through and correcting this, please. The Cardiff Chestnut (talk) 13:08, 9 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Edits at Gorgon[edit]

I've rverted your changes to Gorgon because of copyright violations, since they include copied text from Theoi.com. Please review WP:COPYVIO. Paul August ☎ 22:52, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

January 2013[edit]

Hello Mondigomo, and welcome to Wikipedia. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.

You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and a cited source. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. (There is a college level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Wikipedia:Copyrights. You may also want to review Wikipedia:Copy-paste.
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. This is unfortunate, as I see it isn't your first warning for copyright violations. You probably don't realise it, but besides the fact that you are copying directly from other sources, copying material from other articles (which is ok) needs to be explained in the edit summary or else that is a copyright violation also. Please read WP:Close paraphrase also.

I need you to respond to this please. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 16:09, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for violating copyright policy by copying text or images into Wikipedia from another source without verifying permission. You have been previously warned that this is against policy, but have persisted.

Please take this opportunity to be sure you understand our copyright policy and our policies regarding how to use non-free content. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Dougweller (talk) 10:58, 16 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

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Request reason:

In many books (e.g C.M.Bowra: The Greek experience) it is mentioned: " All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher, except for brief passages included in a review". In the book of Robertson "A handbook of Greek and Roman architecture" is mentioned: "All rights reserved". The passages included in the section are very brief, and it is almost impossible to paraphrase "peripteral colonade", "it measured at the stylobate", "it consisted of a porchless chella with an inner adyton". In the introduction almost nothing is included in the book of Robertson.Mondigomo (talk) 17:05, 16 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

I assume you're referring to this edit. I write about architecture a lot too, and I can sympathize, having run into the same criticism, as you can't play around with certain descriptive phrases that much. But this does not look, on the face of it, like a case where WP:LIMITED applies. Not with this much text. — Daniel Case (talk) 19:03, 16 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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