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Copyright problem: E. W. Hobson
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Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International is not a compatible license. — Diannaa (talk) 23:21, 7 July 2022 (UTC)


 * I've added a link to what copyright MacTutor has in the talk page :) AWZhbg (talk) 09:10, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International is not a compatible license, according to the WMF legal team. Sorry. — Diannaa (talk) 12:11, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
 * There's a lot of existing articles about mathematicians that have used MacTutor as a reference, though? Euler, John von Neumann, Galileo, and Gauss are all well-known mathematicians, and their articles all have MacTutor as a reference. If there is a problem with the copyright, as said in my About Me page, I am a part of a summer project with the University of St Andrews and I can contact one of the professors who have worked on MacTutor to try and sort things out. AWZhbg (talk) 12:25, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
 * There's a difference between using the website as a reference and copying their prose outright. I have checked the four examples you mention, and found no copyright problems. — Diannaa (talk) 19:21, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Ah I see, thank you for explaining :) I don't want to accidentally break any rules, so would the edits I did to Erdős' article also be a violation of the copyright? I'll also bring it up with someone who's done work with MacTutor to see if the copyright can be changed to fit with Wikipedia's requirements :) AWZhbg (talk) 19:51, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Or am I misunderstanding and you're saying that the content I added is too similar to the original MacTutor biography? If that's the case I'm more than happy to re word what I wrote AWZhbg (talk) 20:01, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I will do it. Thanks for letting me know. — Diannaa (talk) 23:52, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

AfC notification: User:AWZhbg/sandbox/mlp has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at User:AWZhbg/sandbox/mlp. Thanks! Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk / contribs) 19:58, 24 July 2022 (UTC)


 * I've edited the opening paragraph now, hopefully it's OK - let me know if there's anything else that needs changing! AWZhbg (talk) 10:25, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Madan Lal Puri has been accepted
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Thanks again, and happy editing! Felix QW (talk) 10:19, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Madan Lal Puri
Thank you for the draft, which I have just accepted! Could you possibly add some more about his actual work rather than just his life and accolades? What were his main contributions, and what were his most influential papers? Felix QW (talk) 10:23, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Madan Lal Puri


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